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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 764104, member: 15309&quot;]While I will agree that PCGS is more conservative in their grading of Jefferson Nickels than NGC, I would not go so far as to say that they require a full strike for the MS67 grade.&nbsp; They might say they do in their book, PCGS&#039;s THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO COIN GRADING AN COUNTERFEIT DETECTION, but I have seen too many coins in PCGS MS67 holders to know that is not true.&nbsp; Take a look at this 1949-D that sold for almost $7K in a Heritage auction in 2008.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1110&amp;Lot_No=564" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1110&amp;Lot_No=564" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1110&amp;Lot_No=564</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1964-D Jefferson had a total mintage of almost 1.8 billion nickels.&nbsp; To date, only 7 coins have been graded MS67 by both NGC and PCGS.&nbsp; That should give you an indication of the quality that was produced by the Denver mint that year.&nbsp; While a poor strike might very well preclude an MS67 grade on a Jefferson Nickel minted between 1938-1945, it is very unlikely that strike will play much of a role in the grading process on a 1964-D.&nbsp; I am not saying that I agree with this philosophy, rather it is what I have seen in the market place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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